The Beaten Old King....F. O. C. Darley 1887
Cartographer : - Darley, Felix Octavius 1822 - 1888
- Date: - 1887
- Size: - 8in x 6in (200mm x 150mm)
- Ref#: - 91011
- Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition
Description:
This original lithograph antique print of an old American Buffalo was published by FOC Darley in 1887 - dated.
General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
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Paper size: - 8in x 6in (200mm x 150mm)
Plate size: - 8in x 6in (200mm x 150mm)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - None
Verso: - Backed onto contemporary paper
F. O. C. Darley was an American illustrator, known for his illustrations in works by well-known 19th-century authors, including James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, George Lippard, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Donald Grant Mitchell, Clement Clarke Moore, Francis Parkman, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Parker Willis.
Darley was born on June 23, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a self-taught and prolific artist who started out as a staff artist for a Philadelphia publishing company where he was given a wide variety of assignments.
After he moved to New York, his work began to appear in magazines such as Harpers Weekly and in books by various publishers. Darley made 500 drawings for Lossings History of the United States. Among his lithographic illustrations are those for Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and some scenes in Indian life. The swing and vigor of his style, his facility, and versatility and the high average merit of his numerous works, make him one of the most noteworthy of American illustrators.
Darley signed a contract with Edgar Allan Poe on January 31, 1843, to create original illustrations for his upcoming literary journal The Stylus. The contract, which was through July 1, 1844, requested at least three illustrations per month, on wood or paper as required, but no more than five, for $7 per illustration. The Stylus was never actually produced but Darley provided illustrations for the final installments of the first serial publication of Poes award-winning tale The Gold-Bug later that year.
In 1848, Darley provided the drawings for the first fully illustrated edition of Irvings Rip Van Winkle, which was printed and distributed by the American Art-Union. That same year, Darley also illustrated an edition of Irvings The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. and then his Wolferts Roost in 1855. Over his career, he produced nearly 350 drawings for James Fenimore Cooper, later collected in a several-volume edition of Coopers novels printed from 1859 to 1861. In 1868 he published, after a visit to Europe, Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil. His water color paintings of incidents in American history are full of spirit and his bank-note vignettes are also worthy of mention. In 1851, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member, and became a full Academician in 1852.
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